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CHAPTER 12
Glossary
Term Description
Annotation Annotations are text notes, arrows, and/or
measurements that a clinician may add to an
image or clip. An annotation appears as an overlay
on the image/clip.
Archive After a report is generated, the patient
information is updated in the hospital’s EMR/PACS
system. The device needs to have a secure
connection for data transfer. Once an exam is
archived, it cannot be edited. At this point, it is safe
to purge the exam from KOSMOS to create more
room for new studies.
Arrow An arrow is an arrow icon that a clinician may put
on a certain location of an image/clip to highlight
something. This displays as an overlay on the
image/clip.
Auscultation Auscultation is listening to the internal sounds of
the body, usually using a stethoscope, for the
purpose of examining the circulatory and
respiratory systems (heart and breath sounds) as
well as the gastrointestinal system (bowel sounds).
BMI Body mass index.
B-mode The Kosmos Torso array scans a plane through the
body and produces a 2D image on the screen. This
is also called B-mode imaging.
Calculation Calculations are estimations made from specific
sets of measurements.
Caliper You perform most measurements by using
calipers that you drag into position. The active
caliper has a round highlighted handle.
Cine A cine is a period of images, stored digitally as a
sequence of individual frames. It is recorded at
high frame rates and may contain more frames
than were displayed during the examination.